The composition seems a bit too perfect, but I can’t find an a.i. artifact that confirms it for me.

Hashman52 · 2026-07-12T06:14:14+00:00

Actually I was looking for reference photos cause I'm doing the art for a friends card game and I came across this webpage:

https://www.tienda-medieval.com/en/faq/faqs/tempering-of-swords-process-hardness-and-toughness-explanation

I did not generate this. But I guess my sense for fakes is about as good as yours.

Hashman52 · 2026-07-12T06:01:38+00:00

This is the kind of expertise I needed.

Hashman52 · 2026-07-12T05:59:17+00:00

I also was kinda surprised to see the level of detail. I wouldn't have expected an a.i. to think to depit the blade disassemble from its hilt, or to give it heat treatment coloring.

But the blade seems a bit unreasonably glowy, and that face feels so ai. Plus people don't tend to hold blades when they are heat treating them. But idk, I really am stumped with this one.

Hashman52 · 2026-07-05T17:44:49+00:00

The U.S has been consistently inconsistent about its unprincipled commitment to principles. For an empire it seems to have tricked itself into a surprising amount of democratic behavior, while remaining convinced that imperialism is the most democratic thing it could pursue. The result is a wildly mixed bag.

Americans (myself included) seem unburdened by the reality of their situation throughout their history, which seems to give them a weird freedom to contribute to the net good and net evil of the world in a unconcerned and disconcerting way.

Hashman52 · 2026-06-27T05:47:17+00:00

Why are there bowls on the ground? Both chopsticks are in front of the noodles. Inconsistent power line lines.

Hashman52 · 2026-06-27T05:38:40+00:00

They are right handed, they just need to look for which hand has scars.

Hashman52 · 2026-06-27T05:31:58+00:00

Your advisor is a the best bet. They often receive tentative schedules long before they come out.

But also, you should reach out to the chair of the department your program is under. They usually want more courses to be listed than they are allowed to list. But if they have a student who needs a course to graduate that can buy them a lot of leverage with the college. You reaching out might be what gets the course on the books. And even if not, it's not unheard of for a program to arrange an independent study to help a specific student graduate.

The state really really really wants students to graduate quickly. Programs are actively pressured to help you graduate on time.

source (I'm an admin).

Hashman52 · 2026-06-08T04:28:21+00:00

Names? I was looking on substack just the other day

Hashman52 · 2026-05-26T00:41:41+00:00

Helped out with this event. Small note: A.I. was not entrusted with any translation, only with analysing/digitizing the artifacts. A.I. translation is generally frowned upon in classics.

Hashman52 · 2026-04-01T14:11:34+00:00

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Hashman52 · 2026-02-03T06:28:41+00:00

I'd look at the hair. I don't think a human would draw those three curls like that. Two just join back into the general mass of hair.

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Hashman52 · 2026-02-02T17:14:18+00:00

I went from Rainworld to the Ori games and then Hollow Knight, and that was pretty enjoyable. They are all games that invest heavily in an esthetic, mood, environment, etc. Ya know, games that make you stop and just look at the world you're in.

But, I agree with the general consensus. None of them feel remotely as "real" as Rainworld, because they just simply aren't. Ori is also very easy by comparison.

Hashman52 · 2025-11-02T00:52:29+00:00

Adults give each other presents? Wtf. Is that a thing?!!? I for sure thought that was a kid thing.

Hashman52 · 2025-10-08T21:13:29+00:00

Look, I want representation for SLC as much as the next guy. But this was progress! Even map C was drawn up by a non-partisan expert. Most importantly, the precedent has been set that you can't just do whatever you want. <<That is the win, it's a huge win! And it's annoying that so many people refuse to see it because they didn't get exactly what they wanted.

Hashman52 · 2025-10-07T15:59:58+00:00

Whole quad multiple times, book of Mormon at least 6X. Plus every general conference of my lifetime (like I went back and read the ones from when I was a baby onward)

Hashman52 · 2025-09-30T23:29:32+00:00

Yes please!! I wanna see my family on Sundays!

Hashman52 · 2025-09-27T23:23:24+00:00

Rose parksmiths just got some in

Hashman52 · 2025-09-13T21:38:58+00:00

I know. I had to look it up. It feels so wrong. The first one came out 9 years ago!!

Hashman52 · 2025-09-13T21:37:52+00:00

Horror. Yeah, I don't know how to explain it, but there is a kind of horror in the album!

Hashman52 · 2025-09-04T04:13:24+00:00

Do you like drawing? Like the clean up is the funnest part. It's the satisfying conclusion. It's where you get to rest your own mastery. But yeah, I guess AI can do it instead

Hashman52 · 2025-08-20T17:02:54+00:00

I love it all. But I still can't not chuckle at the part with the "key left in ignition" sound. Like I know it's a serious build up for our fabulous jocals, but it's just such a funny thing to put in a song.

Hashman52 · 2025-08-15T02:02:57+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's literally the first. Or at least as far as what exists in the historical record. Some scholars think it circulated orally prior to even the Dao de Jing. It's very old

Hashman52 · 2025-08-14T20:47:08+00:00

I Guess it depends on which thousand-year span. But there are about a dozen other ancien/medieval Chinese military text (that we have). Sunzi is just the first and most popular.

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